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Subject: Re: best known methods for dual boot with XP with functional
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> 
> What I did was reinstall my machine (IBM X30) from the recovery CDs
> and then resize the resultant XP NTFS partition down to make room for
> FreeBSD and the suspend to disk partition, create the suspend to disk
> partition and install FreeBSD in the remaining space. Works fine, both
> OSen will boot and hibernate. I use the XP bootloader to choose
> between FreeBSD and XP 9a web search will find instructions for doing
> this if you want to do it).
> 
> P.
> 


This is exactly what I did on my Inspiron 5100.  Works like a charm.  Just 
don't kill the 1st partition if you're interested in keeping the diagnositic 
utilities.

Leila